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TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

1. Living

Generation: 2

Benjamin Rufus Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 May 1908 in Liberty Co, TX (son of Benjamin Rufus Blackburn and Effie May Yarbrough); died on 2 Aug 1996 in New Caney, Montgomery, TX; was buried in Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, Harris, TX.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1920, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Residence: 1940, Arkansas, USA

Benjamin married Elois Fay Ramsay
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in 1927 in Arkansas. Elois was born on 24 May 1909 in Gonzales Co, TX; died on 6 Mar 2008 in New Caney, Montgomery, TX; was buried in Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elois Fay Ramsay was born on 24 May 1909 in Gonzales Co, TX; died on 6 Mar 2008 in New Caney, Montgomery, TX; was buried in Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, Harris, TX.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1910, Gonzales County, Texas, USA
Residence: 1940, Arkansas, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Dau of Charles W Ramsey & Beatrice Emma Hartley

Children:

Living
1. Living

Generation: 3

Benjamin Rufus Blackburn was born on 10 May 1871 in Jefferson Co, TN (son of William Wirt Blackburn and Harriet E McSpadden); died on 16 Aug 1959 in Houston, Harris, TX.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1880, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1900, Liberty County, Texas, USA; Married; Living with in-laws
Residence: 1920, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Residence: 1930, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Residence: 1940, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

Benjamin married Effie May Yarbrough in 1898 in Limestone Co, TX. Effie was born on 23 Mar 1881 in Texas; died on 5 Jan 1967 in Houston, Harris, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Effie May Yarbrough was born on 23 Mar 1881 in Texas; died on 5 Jan 1967 in Houston, Harris, TX.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1900, Liberty County, Texas, USA; Married; living with husband and her parents
Residence: 1920, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Residence: 1930, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA
Residence: 1940, Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA

Children:

Hattie Pearl Blackburn was born on 24 Jun 1902 in Liberty Co, TX; died on 4 Aug 1997 in Houston, Harris, TX.
William Charles Blackburn was born about 1906 in Liberty Co, TX.
2. Benjamin Rufus Blackburn, Jr was born on 24 May 1908 in Liberty Co, TX; died on 2 Aug 1996 in New Caney, Montgomery, TX; was buried in Rosewood Cemetery, Humble, Harris, TX.
Joseph Lawrence Blackburn was born on 25 May 1913 in Houston Heights, Harris, TX; died on 18 Sep 1989 in Houston, Harris, TX.
Clifford Wesley Blackburn was born on 25 Dec 1918 in Houston, Harris, TX; died on 22 May 1935 in Houston, Harris, TX.

Generation: 4

William Wirt Blackburn was born on 9 Apr 1838 in Jefferson Co, TN (son of Benjamin Andrew Blackburn and Isabel M Caldwell); died on 31 Dec 1915 in Dandridge, Jefferson, TN; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1860, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Kansas, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; Married. Near parents.
Residence: 1880, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1900, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA; As Wert W Blackburn
Residence: 1910, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

William married Harriet E McSpadden on 12 Jan 1869 in Jefferson Co, TN. Harriet was born on 13 Jun 1846 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 2 Aug 1921; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harriet E McSpadden was born on 13 Jun 1846 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 2 Aug 1921; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Residence: 1870, Kansas, Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA

Notes:

Birth:
Dau of Alvah McSpadden & Sarah C Meek

Children:

William Wallace Blackburn was born on 15 Nov 1869 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 24 Dec 1927 in Jackson Co, TN; was buried in Hopewell Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Dandridge, Jefferson, TN.
4. Benjamin Rufus Blackburn was born on 10 May 1871 in Jefferson Co, TN; died on 16 Aug 1959 in Houston, Harris, TX.


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